• Danger Ideation Reduction Therapy (DIRT)
• OCD and Brain Activity
• Talking the drugs away
• Clinical review: Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Mental health services ‘failing’
• Mental health problems and learning disabilities
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is Familial
• Genetics link to obsessive compulsive disorder
• Cognitive Therapy: Don’t Tell Me About Your Childhood

BDD Articles

• Plastic surgery: the new addiction

Hair Pulling Articles

• Disorder gene found
• Mice Learn Tasks That May Help Treat Human
• We’ve lost all our hair (and we’re still beautiful!)

Compulsive Skin Picking Articles

• Article: How To Stop Compulsive Skin Picking and Scratching

Young People

• Combination therapy for Childhood anxiety disorders
• Young people and family based treatment
• Young people and “full blown” OCD
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Children
• Kids with OCD bullied more than others

OCD Action has created this links pages as there may be times when people are seeking other information, not only on OCD, which is outside the scope of what we do.

Links are presented in alphabetical order. Some of the sites will be of a personal nature (designed by people with OCD, etc., or their friends or families). If you would like to submit a link to be included on this page, please contact us. We endevour to include links that we feel will be of benefit to our users and do not include links that either promote products or solicit donations within the UK

OCD Action is not responsible for the content of these sites and no responsibility can be taken for the content or any action taken by anyone based on information or advice given on these sites.

UK

• OCD-plus

Europe

• Belgium (Ligue TOC)
• Denmark (Dansk)
• Denmark (OCD-foreningen)
• Denmark (Trik Norden – The Trichotillomania Organisation)
• France (AFTOC)
• France (French Yahoo Chat)
• Germany
• Holland (De OCD-vriendenkring)
• Ireland (OCD Ireland)
• Italy (Ossessioniecompulsioni.it)
• Spain (Asociacion de Trastornos Obsesivo-Compusivos)
• Sweden (Svenska OCD-forbundet Ananke)

USA

• OC Foundation Worldwide Support Groups Links
• OCD Hope- Florida
• OCD Hotline of New York/New Jersey
• OCD Center of Los Angeles (USA)
• OCD Online – New York
• Los Angeles Body Dysmorphic Disorder Clinic

Canada

• Ontario Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Network
• OCD Centre Manitoba, Inc (OCDC)

Australia and New Zealand

• Anxiety Recovery Centre Victoria (ARCVic)
• New Zealand OCD Support Group

If you are aware of any other beneficial sites, please let us know

Here you can download some of our support and information resources. Please keep checking back to this area as we are intending to add a new range of awareness resources in January 2010 along with an up-date of our main information sheets.

GP Resources

• GP Card This card is designed for you to give to your GP and outlines some of the key things that they need to know.

• Full NICE Guideline This is the full technical Guideline giving medical details, research methodology, evidence review and sources of evidence.

• NICE Guidance This gives all of the information but without the technical content.

• Quick Reference to NICE – RECOMMENDED This version summarises the recommendations in the Guideline

• NICE Guidelines for the public – RECOMMENDED This is the version that describes the guidance issued to the NHS. It sets out the recommended treatment path for people with OCD and BDD and explains what you should expect from your GP.

Please note, The NICE Guideline applies to the NHS in England and Wales. Separate arrangements are made for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Information on OCD

• Challenging OCD
  This booklet is our main support manual covering all aspects of OCD

Up-dated information sheets:

• What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) ?
• Assessment and Diagnosis
• Accessing Treatment – your rights
• What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy?
• Medication for OCD
• Supporting a person with OCD
• Habit Disorders
• BDD

OCD and related disorders,  information Videos (.wmv)

• BDD
• Habit Disorders
• Depression
• Health Anxiety
• Panic
• Phobia
• Reasurance
• Hoarding
• Computer based CBT part one
• Computer based CBT part two
• Family members and carers

OCD and related disorders,  powerpoint presentations (.ppt)

• Making CBT work - Paul Salkovskis at OCD Week 2010
• Manage your Mood in OCD & BDD - David Veale at OCD Week 2010
• Depression and OCD - Costas Papageorgiou at OCD Week 2010
• Making CBT work – Satwant Singh at OCD Week 2010
• Group Therapy – Karina Lovell at OCD Week 2010
• Support Groups – Satwant Singh at OCD Week 2010
• Guided Self Help – Karina Lovell at OCD Week 2010
• Family involvement in Treatment – Katie d’Ath at OCD Week 2010

Carer Resources

• Study into the effect on the families and carers of people with OCD

• What to do if the person with OCD refuses help

Advocacy Resources

• Your Rights – OCD & Accessing Treatment
• Your Rights – OCD & Detention under the Mental Health Act
• Your Rights – OCD & Work
• Your Rights – Housing
• Employing People with OCD
• OCD and Advocacy
• Referral to a Centre of Excellence for OCD
• Template letter to a referring clinician
• Your Rights powerpoint presentation
• CBT Checklist – a guide to what good CBT should and should not include

Please Note that these information leaflets were up-dated following the introduction of new equalities legislation.

Charity and Governance information

• Report and Accounts 2009-10
• Report and Accounts 2008-09
• Report and Accounts 2007-08
• Report and Accounts 2006-07
• Strategic Plan
• Confidentiality Policy
• Service Remit